ephemera
Types of Common Rogue
Hester Prynne may have worn the Scarlet Letter upon her bosom, but these days we don’t have conspicuous conventions to label our shameful ways. Some old college mates of mine in London, Society of Revisionist Typographers, ie, SORT Design have printed up with these lovely letterpress patches. Each patch printed on canvas revisits old Victorian [...]
Learning to love you more
I was wearing this dress when I finally told my boyfriend to kiss me.
How many days do you have burned in your memory… something happened that remains frozen in time. We all have memories, but when pressed, even I, have difficulty at times remembering what I was actually wearing… sometimes.
I remember my 29th birthday dress, [...]
Foto Booth Memories
I finally saw Amelie.
My boyfriend organized an Amelie night… which was nice. I liked the film, very sweet. So like the rest of the world, who has seen the film. you’ll know photo booths play an important part of the film. I love the feeling of seeing shamelessly admiring a stranger. I believe that’s [...]
Calendar Girls
I have totally procrastinated buying myself a calendar. Actually, I never buy calendars. I usually find some here or there, sometimes they have kittens, or real estate… oh my favorite was one from Kragen Auto Parts… hot rods.
Which is why I was tickled pink to see my favorite SF collective, M.I.S.S. Crew coming out with [...]
Scandinavian Graffiti
First I heard terms like Craft Mafia, now there’s knit graffiti. Somewhere in Stockholm there is a craftster perpetrating crimes of general civil disobedience. That, my dear has never been more beautiful.
Well… maybe if they knit fingerless gloves for the Statue of Liberty… or a scarf for the Prince Albert, or a beret for The [...]
Grandma’s House
Today, after 47 years of living in their modernist Eichler home in Sunnyvale, California, my grandparents, Bea & Ralph, are moving to Hawaii. It’s a strange feeling, because my whole life, they have been there. Yesterday, I was saying ’see you later’ it was bittersweet, because it’s the end of an era in my [...]
Playing with scraps….
Oh my god… over the holidays I was doing some shopping for my nice and nephew who are at the adorable age of 5 and 3. It was really cool to go shopping for my niece, mostly because it brought back lots of memories about what I liked as a kid. I saw this Fashion [...]
Personal Development
It’s been a while since I’ve shared with you fashion illustration… there is something I really enjoy about looking through the websites of people who label themselves as ‘illustrators’ rather than artists. Perhaps it’s a type of humility (maybe), or brethren (probably) I feel as a graphic designer, the division being creative as a skill [...]
Mid-week Halloween
In my world, going out on a school nite is a good idea, as long as I’m home by 10pm. Holy moly. That’s sad, but I like my morning oatmeal. So if you are a goody two-shoes like me and you want to celebrate Halloween, here are a few options.1. Passing out candy.2. Dressing up, [...]
Pure Candy
Last night, I opted for a relaxing evening in… Rented Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, mostly because I have not seen the movie even though I had pretended to a couple of times, like the time I was at a press preview for Marie Antoinette’s perfume at the de Young. The curator at the Legion [...]
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